Posted on 11/16/2009 8:50:51 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
KOKONOGI, Japan A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass.
The fishermen leaned into the nets, grunting and grumbling as they tossed the translucent jellyfish back into the bay, giants weighing up to 200 kilograms (450 pounds), marine invaders that are putting the men's livelihoods at risk.
The venom of the Nomura, the world's largest jellyfish, a creature up to 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter, can ruin a whole day's catch by tainting or killing fish stung when ensnared with them in the maze of nets here in northwest Japan's Wakasa Bay.
"Some fishermen have just stopped fishing," said Taiichiro Hamano, 67. "When you pull in the nets and see jellyfish, you get depressed."
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The only hitch to this hypothesis is that the oceans aren't warming, and haven't for several years. As usual, a local phenomena which may or may not have anything to do with global climate is paraded as a "crisis" having to do with Global Warming.
The good news is that due to a sudden outbreak of common sense, the Copenhagen Treaty is dead in the water. :-)
Man, I haven't seen this TOHO monster film since I was a kid!
Anyone who can attest to have been stung by even a normal sized one(s) (and I claim among the unlucky as I was on Waikiki Beach many moons ago while stationed at Hickam AFB) that is an extremely painful experience not to be repeated and sure to make one cautious in the future.
I can only wonder what how one of these monsters might ruin someone's whole day.
How many trillions of dollars do we have to give Al Gore to make everything better?
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It’s obvious that any increase in the number of Nomura would be directly attributable to man-made global warming, as would any decrease in the number of Nomura.
Anyone remember the good old days when the first question asked would have been, "are those jellyfish evolving so as to become more tolerant of less-warm sea temperatures?" Funny: I though evolution by means of natural selection was the main plank of modern biology.
The natural predators of the jellyfish are conservatives. Yes, they are in short supply.
[[Its obvious that any increase in the number of Nomura would be directly attributable to man-made global warming, as would any decrease in the number of Nomura.]]
Hell- even if they reamin relatively stable in numbers, it will somehow be man’s fault (these envirowackos will then claim the nomura ‘should be icnreasing in numbers’ or ‘should be decreasing in numbers’- We will NEVER win the war for TRUTH with these nutjobs- they ARE goign to foist their scam on the world, and htere’s nothign we can do to stop these morons and scam artists- NOTHING will deter them- not even the truth- Copenhagen WILL happen- their ‘delay’ is only until next year- and probably early next year when they WILL pass the measure forcing us all into poverty- they simply will NOT listen to the truth nor wil lthey EVER EVER cede that they were/are, and continuie to be wrong
I remember seeing big swarms of these guys in the Yellow Sea off the west coast of Korea. Pretty impressive.
I thought blood was red, not orange.
Those bastards are all over the arctic ocean. And trust me, the Arctic ocean is freaking COLD!
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"We have been getting rid of jellyfish. But no matter how hard we try, the jellyfish keep coming and coming," said Fumio Oma, whose crew is out of work after their net broke under the weight of thousands of jellyfish. "We need the government's help to get rid of the jellyfish."
That's the answer to everything, isn't it?
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